Do you know of Richardson ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Richardson. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Richardson.

We found mention of Richardson as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Vermilion County, Illinois.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1849 and closed in 1859.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Richardson ...

We found 31 communities that share the name Richardson.

There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Richardson.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 28 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Kane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Richardson [Kane County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Cherokee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Richardson [Cherokee County].
  - Washington County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Richardson [Washington County].
- Alaska
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Richardson.
- Arkansas
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Richardson [Jefferson County].
- Georgia
  - Rockdale County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Richardson [Rockdale County].
- Kansas
  - Leavenworth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Richardson [Leavenworth County].
  - Osage County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Richardson [Osage County].
  - Shawnee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Richardson [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Richardson [Lawrence County].
- Louisiana
  - Washington Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Richardson [Washington Parish].
- Michigan
  - Schoolcraft County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Richardson [Schoolcraft County].
- Mississippi
  - Hancock County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Richardson [Hancock County].
  - Pearl River County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Richardson [Pearl River County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Richardson.
- New Hampshire
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Richardson [Hillsborough County].
- New Mexico
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Richardson [Lincoln County].
- North Carolina
  - Bladen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Richardson [Bladen County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Richardson.
- Oregon
  - Lane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Richardson [Lane County].
- Saskatchewan
  - Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Richardson.
- Tennessee
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Richardson [Lawrence County].
  - Tipton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Richardson [Tipton County].
- Texas
  - Dallas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Richardson [Dallas County].
- Utah
  - Grand County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Richardson [Grand County].
- Virginia
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Richardson [Carroll County].
  - Mecklenburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Richardson [Mecklenburg County].
  - New Kent County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Richardson [New Kent County].
- Washington
  - San Juan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Richardson [San Juan County].
- West Virginia
  - Calhoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Richardson [Calhoun County].
- Wisconsin
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Richardson [Polk County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Richardson ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Richardson:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in Vermilion County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Vermilion County.

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Richardson could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

<2>

A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/